Who was martyr Muhammad Afif?

On Sunday, November 17, Mohammad Afif al-Nablsi, the media officer and spokesperson for Hezbollah Lebanon, was martyred during the new attacks by the terrorist Israeli army. Ali Hajazi, the Secretary of the Ba’ath Party in Lebanon, confirmed the martyrdom of Mohammad Afif after the bombing of the movement’s office in the Ras al-Nabaa area of Beirut.In a statement, the Israeli occupation army’s media unit stated that martyr Afif had “significant influence” in Hezbollah’s military operations and glorified attacks on the occupied lands. Mohammad Afif was not just a media figure; he was a fighter who had dedicated his life to the ideology of resistance. His presence in front of media cameras and surveillance by enemy drones, just minutes after the martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, showed his faith in the resistance ideology and his desire to join his martyr comrades.Martyr Mohammad Afif joined Hezbollah in 1983 during the Lebanese Civil War. He is considered one of the founding members of the resistance group amidst the ruins of Beirut’s Dahiyeh. From the very beginning, he played a key role in the organization and gradually became one of its main figures. In 2014, Afif was appointed the head of Hezbollah’s media relations, where he played a crucial role in conveying the party’s messages and coordinating media activities, especially during crises and conflicts with the Israeli regime.Before becoming Hezbollah’s spokesperson, Mohammad Afif worked at Al-Manar TV, the official media outlet of Hezbollah, as the head of news and political programming. In this role, he oversaw the development and execution of media strategies aimed at strengthening the party’s discourse and supporting its political positions.Afif had a long history of jihadist experience and maintained close relationships with Hezbollah’s senior leaders. He was a media advisor to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the late Secretary-General of Hezbollah, and also had a close relationship with Abbas Mousavi, the former Secretary-General. These close ties further solidified his position as a major media figure within Hezbollah. Mohammad Afif established a vast network of media communications, using his expertise to promote the party’s ideology and defend its positions internationally.After the martyrdom of “the Master of Resistance” (Sayyed Nasrallah), many Hezbollah fighters and ordinary Lebanese were left in a state of panic and confusion. The deep void created after the heavy bombing of central Beirut caused many Lebanese to lose their morale and view the future with doubt. In such conditions, Mohammad Afif, like a brave Mujahid, stood in front of media cameras and boldly declared that Hezbollah and the people of Lebanon were not afraid of Israeli bombings and stood firm against the enemy with strong resolve. In his last press conference, he expressed longing for the absence of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: “I am ashamed to stand under your pulpit and flag without hearing your voice; I have a long excuse for my delayed martyrdom, even though our hearts are tight within our chests.”Mohammad Afif was not a military commander nor a prominent political figure, but rather the head of Hezbollah’s media unit. Through interviews and press conferences, he conveyed Hezbollah’s strategies and viewpoints to the international audience. This cowardly assassination is more a sign of the Israeli regime’s fear of the media front of the resistance, which transmits the voices of the oppressed in Gaza and Lebanon to the world.What motivated the Zionists to assassinate Mohammad Afif was his symbolic role after the martyrdom of Sayyed Nasrallah. While the Israeli regime relentlessly sought to target resistance leaders throughout Beirut, martyr Afif tried to raise the morale of Hezbollah forces by reading heroic statements and narrating the missile and drone attacks by Hezbollah Mujahideen, as well as the significant blows delivered by Hezbollah’s Radwan forces to the Israeli army in southern Lebanon